9-letter words ending with IL
Dive into the specific realm of 9-letter words that conclude with the letter IL. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with IL, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| blackmail | 19 | exert pressure on someone through threats | - |
| voicemail | 16 | a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed | - |
| daredevil | 14 | presumptuously daring | a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff |
| thumbnail | 16 | the nail of the thumb | - |
| guardrail | 11 | a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety | - |
| horsetail | 12 | perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America | - |
| hydrofoil | 19 | a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds | - |
| myofibril | 19 | one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber | - |
| mousetail | 11 | - | - |
| multifoil | 14 | - | - |
| negrophil | 15 | - | - |
| necrophil | 16 | - | - |
| nonpareil | 11 | model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | - |
| nonfossil | 12 | - | - |
| ombrophil | 18 | - | - |
| overcivil | 17 | - | - |
| minoxidil | 19 | a vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness | - |
| whitetail | 15 | common North American deer; tail has a white underside | - |
| scaletail | 11 | - | - |
| scotophil | 16 | - | - |
| shavetail | 15 | - | - |
| shirttail | 12 | a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article | - |
| slavophil | 17 | - | - |
| spritsail | 11 | a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit | - |
| sprigtail | 12 | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America | - |
| subfossil | 14 | - | - |
| tormentil | 11 | - | - |
| undersoil | 10 | the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock | - |
| verapamil | 16 | a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine | - |
| swordtail | 13 | freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish | - |
| supercoil | 13 | - | - |
| photophil | 19 | - | - |
| hygrophil | 21 | - | - |
| interrail | 9 | - | - |
| courbaril | 13 | West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood | - |
| disentail | 10 | - | - |
| eightfoil | 16 | - | - |
| greenmail | 12 | (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business | - |
| harestail | 12 | - | - |
| enalapril | 11 | an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks | - |
| envermeil | 14 | - | - |
| blacktail | 17 | mule deer of western Rocky Mountains | - |
| broadtail | 12 | hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur | - |
| caprifoil | 16 | - | - |
| captopril | 15 | a drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation; used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure | - |
| charbroil | 16 | - | - |
| chokecoil | 20 | - | - |
| checkrail | 20 | - | - |
| audiophil | 15 | - | - |
| arctophil | 16 | - | - |
| anglophil | 15 | an admirer of England and things English | - |
| acidophil | 17 | an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | - |
| lunchpail | 16 | - | - |
| modafinil | 15 | - | - |
| sharptail | 14 | - | - |
| thorntail | 12 | - | - |
| tadalafil | 13 | virility drug (trade name Cialis) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men | - |
| swingtail | 13 | - | - |
| donepezil | 21 | - | - |
| browntail | 14 | small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees | - |
| chemtrail | 16 | - | - |
